World War II Timeline - 1939 - 1942

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According to the 'World War II - The Definite Visual Guide'

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Date	Event	Answer
1 September 1939	German invasion of this country	Poland
27 September 1939	Fall of this city	Warsaw
24 November 1939	Japan capture this Chinese city	Nanking
30 November 1939	The Soviet Union invade this country	Finland
9 April 1940	Germany invade these two countries	Denmark and Norway
10 May 1940	This man becomes the British Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
10 May 1940	Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and this country	France
27 May - 3 June 1940	Evacuation of Allied troops from this French beach	Dunkirk
10 June 1940	This country declares war on France and Britain	Italy
14 June 1940	This city falls to the Germans	Paris
23 July 1940	Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are occupied by this country	Soviet Union
27 September 1940	Germany, Italy and Japan sign this pact	Tripartite

Date	Event	Answer
9 December 1940	Britain drives Italian troops out of this country	Egypt
10 April 1941	Rommel attacks this Libyan city	Tobruk
22 June 1941	This operation sees the German invasion of the Soviet Union	Barbarossa
28 June 1941	This Soviet city is captured	Minsk
8 September 1941	900 day seige of this city begins	Leningrad
7 December 1941	Japan bombs this US naval base	Pearl Harbour
25 December 1941	This city surrenders to the Japanese	Hong Kong
15 February 1942	Japanese forces capture this city	Singapore
4 - 7 June	This US - Japanese naval battle occurs	Battle of Midway
23 August 1942	German forces enter the suburbs of this Soviet city	Stalingrad
8 November 1942	This operation sees the Allied invasion of Morocco and Algeria	Torch